B-277416: Aug 4, 1997

A firm protested the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) issuance of a project order for metal tube assemblies, contending that DLA should not have issued the project order to Warner Robins Air Logistics Center without first performing a cost comparison. GAO held that it does not review agency decisions to perform work in-house, rather than contract, because such decisions are matters of executive br...

B-277416: Aug 4, 1997

General Accounting Office will not review an agency decision to issue a project order to a federal agency rather than contract for the supplies in the private sector. Where no competitive solicitation was issued for the purpose of determining the cost of contracting out. SRM contends that DLA should not have issued the project order to a government agency without first performing a comparison betw...